2012年1月17日 · OP doesn't mention to hand, which is actually more common than the others in British English (but seemingly quite rare for Americans). In practice few would choose at hand or on hand on the basis of how physically close/accessible something was - largely pointless anyway, since few others would apprehend any subtle distinction being made. Go ...

2021年4月1日 · ♦ The emergency services were on hand with medical advice. at hand a) near, close by b) near in time ♦ There are good cafes and a restaurant close at hand. ♦ Help was at hand. (OALD, 2005 paper ed.) Note: this expression is reinforced often by the adverb "close": "close at hand". to hand within reach, accessible

I'm trying to write a short post about hand spinners, and one of the problems I have with a hand spinner is that it hits the curve between the index finger and thumb. I can't seem to find any good diagrams with terms for parts of the hand which aren't entirely populated by medical terms, so currently my options are "curve where index finger and ...

However, hand off implies an interaction between two people with a common goal. Also, handing off often means the other person is going to do something with the object. I handed off the papers to Roberta, and she got the report finished. In sports like American football and track, we don't hand over the ball or the baton, we hand it off:

2011年12月5日 · @jprete: I think it's fine with using "on the other hand" by all means, just that I have 2 consideration here. 1) I wish to have a less verbose tone. 2) Like Anthony mentioned below, I don't really have a first hand for my the other hand. –

2011年3月13日 · E.g. is short for exempli gratia, and is in common use to introduce an example within a sentence. Submit a sample of academic writing, e.g., a dissertation chapter. However, some authors use ex...

2010年11月10日 · On the other hand, we use the present perfect tense to describe an event from the past that has some connection to the present. Compare the following two sentences: I had a lot of homework this week. I have had a lot of homework this week.

In the more likely scenario if the implication that your hands are painful or causing a sensation of pain in the hand-bearer, then hurt would be used intransitively and pain transitively. The verb is most likely intransitive here (we can't know without context), in which case "My hands are hurting" would be more correct.

2014年12月4日 · Anecdotally, my own internal lexicon agrees with M-W. While I was waiting for this indeterminably slow Zanzibari connection to load the page, I considered the matter in my head, and my conclusion was the same: relevance is anything related to the topic at hand, while pertinence goes to its crux. –

2015年1月10日 · That is, he is second from the left hand side of the photo. However, if you asked "Which one is dressed all in black?" you could reply "The man second to the left of number 4." In this case to indicates direction, that you should go leftwards from number 4.